Meredith Gardner

Meredith Gardner
Born	Meredith Knox Gardner (1912-10-20)October 20, 1912 Okolona, Mississippi, U.S.
Died	August 9, 2002(2002-08-09) (aged 89) Chevy Chase, Maryland, U.S.
Education	University of Texas (B.A.) University of Wisconsin (M.A.)
Occupation(s)	Linguist, cryptographer
Years active	1938–1972
Employer(s)	National Security Agency and its predecessors
Known for	Decrypting Venona papers, leading to arrest of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Spouse	Blanche Hatfield Gardner
Children	2
Relatives	Patrick Buchanan (cousin)

Meredith Knox Gardner (October 20, 1912 – August 9, 2002) was an American linguist and codebreaker. Gardner worked in counter-intelligence, decoding Soviet intelligence traffic regarding espionage in the United States, in what came to be known as the Venona project.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}